May 17, 2016

Bombings in Baghdad kill more than 70

Al Jazeera reports three bombings in Baghdad have killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources say, continuing a deadly spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital. A suicide bombing on Tuesday in a marketplace in the northern, mainly Shia district of al-Shaab killed 38 people and wounded over 70, while a car bomb in the nearby Sadr City left at least 19 more dead and 17 wounded. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group claimed responsibility of the al-Shaab attack, which it said was carried out by a man identified as Abu Khattab al-Iraqi.